Full Negative - A Novel and Merch Store

Hey all,

We had a fantastic first day. But; let's keep the train rolling. We've reached part 1 of the Setting Guide; The Past. This will be available to all who pledged at the Fal level or higher in ebook form, and if we reach the sixth part unlocked, it will be available as an add-on in print form.

The Setting Guide will be just chock FULL of spoilers, so maybe read the book first. Unless you like that sort of thing, in which case; you do you. I won't judge.

Exact time on the Setting Guide is currently not clear, as it will depend on how many chapters we unlock, but work is already progressing on it, so it won't be, like, a year or anything like that.

Next goal: more bookmark options! Who doesn't love options?*

Talk to you later, and thanks again. 

*I know I know, there are people who don't. And those people are perfectly valid. 

Have I mentioned that lately? Because I do.

We fully funded in under 90 minutes (82 to be exact)!

You guys really are the best.

Now I need to actually get serious about those stretch goals. 

We go live in one hour!

To celebrate, we're making the following offering: a piece of digital wallpaper art that you can use as a phone background!

To win, do the following: Hold your breath for the next hour, and then pledge at any level once we go live*!



* Holding breath not actually required.

Full Negative (Noun) -

1) Any person who the Sarcodinay Empire deems so irredeemable that their 'score' is dropped into negatives and an execute-on-sight order is issued,
2) The most dangerous members of the rebellion,
3) A total badass (League of Free Worlds slang).


Somewhat over 100 years ago, humanity was on the verge of wiping itself out. Wars, catastrophic climate change that was real no matter how often the oligarchs claimed it wasn't, skyrocketing inflation; you know, the usual stuff.

But what really almost did us in was The Plague; a variant of tuberculosis that wasn't just resistant to medicines, it actively laughed at them. People died in droves, which compounded the problem with other diseases, lack of food production, and Lord of the Flies mentality amongst the survivors.

Then, as if by miracle, they showed up. The Sarcodinay. Different enough to be clearly alien, similar enough to make statisticians incredibly cranky. And with them, they brought a solution to the problem.

All we had to do was acknowledge that they, and their galactic empire, were in charge.

Humans, being humans, were of two minds about this. Some wanted the safety, the cure, the blessed comfort of roofs (in the form of domed cities) over their heads and food on their table.

Others wanted freedom, no matter the cost.

Humans, being humans, rebelled.

It didn't go well at first. But it did go. And gradually, we gained allies in the form of the shape-shifting telepathic kantari. We developed new technologies, ones that even the Sarcodinay, with their vaunted thousands of years of dominance in the galaxy, couldn't imagine. For, humans being humans, we adapted.

Then, suddenly, the empire declared a cease-fire. They would return Earth to human rule and leave all the 'colony' worlds we'd established (mostly using ship/factories we stole from the Sarcodinay themselves) alone. Humanity would return to self-governance.

Suddenly, we had everything we'd wanted for over 100 years.

So why did it feel like a trap?



Full Negative is the story of Malory McLain, a Full Negative extraction operative for the League of Free Worlds' Intelligence Operations. On the eve of the signing of the peace accords, Malory becomes aware of a series of assassinations, seemingly the work of random strangers, that threatens that peace before it can truly begin. As she investigates deeper, she starts to realize that, all unaware, she's near the center of the entire thing. 

Full Negative goes live today, Tuesday the 18th of March at 1 PM PDT/4 PM EDT/8 PM UTC. Join us, and have fun!

Like any good crowdsourced sci-fi/space opera novel with hints of thriller and superhero in it, Full Negative part of a much, much larger world. Characters, factions, species, locations; there's a lot to the world of Full Negative, and we want to share parts of it with you.

In addition to the book (and if it does well, the sequels. Yes, sequels, pural; this world has more than enough room to keep me playing happily in this sandbox for a long time to come), we have plenty of fun add-ons.

Bookmarks, art cards, buttons, stickers, and t-shirts. We don't want to give away everything just yet, but here are a few samples to whet your appetite. 

Stickers:
Stickers come individually, or in sets of four. Pick from your favorite Score tier, or align with the League. Each of these symbols is a different sticker:

Those symbols also come as buttons with a fabulous metallic finish.



The campaign launches tomorrow, Tuesday March 18 at 1 PM PDT/4 PM EDT/ 8 PM UTC, but we'll be slipping one more Sneak Peak out in the morning before that.

As always, if you haven't yet signed up for updates, now's the time to do it so you'll know the MOMENT we go live.

And also, followers get a sneak peak at one of the t-shirts, below!